PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE:
UKRAINE AND RUSSIA: HISTORY FOR THE FIGHT OF SOVEREIGNTY BY: ANUSHA NATARAJAN
February 12th: Reports are circulating that Russia is going to invade Ukraine in the next couple of weeks. Troop deployments have increased and artillery tests are being conducted in the border between the two countries. March 19th: Russia declared a special operation in trying to denazify Ukraine on February 24th after the end of the Winter Olympics. President Volodymyr Zelensky declared marital law immediately and instructed that all men between ages 18-60 are to stay and defend the country. Russia has so far gained control over little traces of the East and Southern parts of Ukraine. ts future steps are to capture Odessa, which is borders the Black Sea, and large cities, such as Kyiv and Kharkiv. Russia is trying to surround Ukraine so that it will be harder for reinforcements and other equipment to move in and out of the country. Ukraine is no stranger to Russia' s aggression as it has undergone constant conflict and war with Russia throughout history. 6.
